Greek MPs have approved more austerity measures designed to secure a new bailout amid violent protests on the streets of Athens. The CBI says the economy's improving and it predicts there won't be a double dip recession. And also on the programme, are parents avoiding fairytales because they are too scary?

0615 Business news with Simon Jack on news that harsh austerity measures were passed by the Greek parliament last night in order to secure a further EU bailout.

0709 Greece's parliament has passed a controversial package of austerity measures, demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a further bailout to avoid default. Head of Economic Policy for the opposition New Democrats, Notis Mitarachi, and Peter Bofinger, one of the five key economists who advises the German government,
analyse the prospects for the Greek economy.

0722The diaries of social reformer Beatrice Webb,
co-founder of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Fabian movement, are published digitally and in full for the first time today. Head of archives at the LSE, Sue Donnelly, describes what will be on show.

0739 The French silent film, The Artist,
won seven awards at the Baftas
in London last night, while Meryl Streep won best actress, for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Arts editor Will Gompertz has the details.

0810 Greece's parliament has passed a controversial package of austerity measures, demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a £110bn bailout to avoid default. The BBC's Chris Morris reports on the violent protests on the streets of Athens. Alexandros Papadamos, a young engineer from Athens, and Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium and current president of the Alliance of Liberals in the European parliament,
reflect on the personal an political significance of the measures.

0842 The Commonwealth is sending a team to the Maldives to investigate why the first democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean nation has suddenly been replaced. Dr. Farahanaz Faizal, the country's former high commissioner in the UK,
reflects on the political unrest there.

0857 Greek MPs have approved more austerity measures designed to secure a new bailout amid violent protests on the streets of Athens. Economics editor Stephanie Flanders assesses the impact of the vote.

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